Preface by Rev. Thomas Ryan, CSP
Discover How Hopkins’s Spiritual Life
and Vision Can Enlighten Your Own.
"Poetry and art and music seize upon
the human experience in ways that reveal new possibilities of
intimacy with the Divine. In the way they reach out and grab us
by the heart at unexpected times, they reaffirm that the Holy
will meet us when it chooses …"
—from the Preface by Rev. Thomas
Ryan, CSP
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christian mystical
poet, is beloved for his use of fresh language and startling
metaphors to describe the world around him. Beneath the surface
of this lovely verse lies a searching soul, wrestling with and
yearning for God. Hopkins writes from a Christian background,
and yet his themes speak to people of all faiths who seek a
deeper understanding of the presence of God in all of life.
This beautiful sampling of Hopkins’s
poetry offers a glimpse into his unique spiritual vision that
continues to inspire readers throughout the world. The poems
unite his two devotions, presenting mystical images of Christ
in the natural world, which serve as a window through which you
might also begin to see the Divine Presence in the world around
you.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of the most important English-language
poets of the past two centuries. His work went unpublished
during his lifetime and was written primarily as a form of
spiritual practice. His friend and fellow poet Robert Bridges
first introduced these remarkable poems to a wide audience in a
1918 edition.
